Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id AAA22197 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 23 Feb 2002 00:29:48 GMT Message-ID: <006a01c1bc00$9a9a2620$b686b2d1@teddace> From: "Dace" <edace@earthlink.net> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <B89C69A5.18F%srdrew_1@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: mind Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:25:30 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Hi Steve.
> >The point is that the mind, not the brain, imperfectly recalls the past
> I have only done very basic philosophy, but as i understood it the
> mind/body duality has still not come up with an answer to the problem of
> what happens to the 'mind' when the body does not exist. Further, if mind
> is distinct from brain then how does something that has no physical
> presence influence that which is physical. If it has a physical presence
> where is it located - the pineal gland perhaps? :-)
To attempt to reduce the mind to the brain is to imply duality. After all,
you can't reduce tails to heads, can you? They're already the same thing--
just
viewed from different perspectives. The mind is the brain's living history,
both influencing it and being influenced by it. The brain is the mind's
current spatiomaterialization. Two sides of the same coin.
> >Keep in mind that the original mechanistic philosophy was theological,
> >with God as the great "Mechanick."
>
> I thought we left that idea behind in the C19TH. Its relevance to now
is..?
Ray was accusing me of being a crypto-creationist. So I reminded him that
his entire wordlview is rooted in 17th century Protestant ideology.
> >It's a meme when it becomes habituated among a a group of people.
>
> No, it is a meme if it is passed between two people.
Not necessarily. It might simply be an idea.
> >Memes are habitual behaviors and ideas shared by groups of people.
>
> No, some memes are habitual behaviours but only of they are passed on.
In other words, shared by groups of people.
> Though to me, in any group of people you will not find 100% behavioural
> accord except in rare circumstance within a group.
Each of us retains our individuality even as we're embraced by the group.
> Secondly, not all habitual behaviours are memetic. Every so
> often i find i have the need to eat. The only behavioural aspect is where
i
> will have lunch and what :-)
Right. That you eat certain things at certain times and places is an
example of your own personal habits. However, our shared, cultural habits
do constrain your choices in these matters.
Ted
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